WO2016058992A2 - Dispositif électronique pour fumer et capsule - Google Patents

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WO2016058992A2
WO2016058992A2 PCT/EP2015/073568 EP2015073568W WO2016058992A2 WO 2016058992 A2 WO2016058992 A2 WO 2016058992A2 EP 2015073568 W EP2015073568 W EP 2015073568W WO 2016058992 A2 WO2016058992 A2 WO 2016058992A2
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Roland Zitzke
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
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    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
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  • the present application relates to a capsule for an electronic smoking device and a system comprising an electronic smoking device and a capsule, which can be mounted to the electronic smoking device.
  • An electronic smoking device such as an electronic cigarette, usually comprises a housing accommodating an electric power source (e.g., a battery), an atomizer including an electric heater adapted to atomize a liquid supplied from a reservoir or capsule into an aerosol, and control electronics which con ⁇ trols activation of the heater.
  • a puff detector provided within the electronic smoking device is arranged to detect a user puffing on the device (e.g., by sensing an under-pressure or an air flow pattern through the device) and signals the puff to the control electronics.
  • the con ⁇ trol electronics activates the atomizer, which creates an aer ⁇ osol.
  • the action of the atomizer is referred to as "atomizing” and the related product is called an "aerosol", irrespective of its composition, which might include gaseous and smoke con- stituents.
  • the capsule is usually disposable. This eliminates the risk for the user of contacting the liquid when refilling a non- disposable reservoir. With a disposable container or capsule, the user simply replaces the capsule as a whole when it is empty or when a different type of liquid is to be atomized.
  • the electronic smoking device may have a housing, con ⁇ trol electronics, and a puff detector.
  • a battery powers an atomizer which atomizes a liq- uid supplied from the capsule to provide an aerosol.
  • the con ⁇ trol electronics controls the atomizer.
  • the puff detector in ⁇ dicates an aerosol inhaling puff to the control electronics.
  • the capsule contains the liquid to be supplied to the atomizer and can be mounted in the electronic smoking device.
  • the capsule may include a controller (including a memory), which is able to receive data from the control electronics of the electronic smoking device and to transmit data to the con ⁇ trol electronics.
  • the capsule may have a capacitor which is charged by the electronic smoking device so that it can power the controller.
  • the capsule may communicate with the electron ⁇ ic smoking device via a pair of electrical contacts connected to corresponding electrical contacts in or on the electronic smoking device.
  • the memory of the controller may be adapted to store the num ⁇ ber of puffs taken from the capsule and/or to store an authenticity code.
  • the capsule can be removed from the electronic smok- ing device (e.g. for temporarily replacing it with a capsule having a different flavour) , while the system still has information on the actual amount of liquid in the capsule.
  • the capsule contains an authenticity code (which preferably is non-ambiguous)
  • the capsule may be recognised by the control electronics of the electronic smoking device as a suitable capsule .
  • the number of puffs taken from the cap- sule is not stored in the capsule but is instead stored in a memory of the control electronics of the electronic smoking device (e.g. in a memory addressed by a micro-controller) .
  • the authenticity code of the capsule may be used for assigning a specific area of that memory to that particular capsule, and the number of puffs taken from that capsule is stored in that area.
  • another area of the memory can be used to store the number of puffs taken from a different capsule having a different authenticity code. In this way, e.g., capsules containing different flavors can be partially used, exchanged, and later on used again, while the control electronics of the electronic smoking device stays informed on the actual puff count of the individual capsules.
  • a signal line has to be put to voltage levels repre ⁇ senting two different states, e.g. ground voltage level for logical "0" and a distinctly different positive (or negative) voltage level for logical "1" or for separating ground voltage level signals of different duration.
  • a capacitor in the capsule may be used. The capacitor is charged by the electronic smoking device so that it can power the controller in the capsule during intermediate intervals, e.g.
  • the capsule may include a diode, which is adapted to prevent discharging of the capacitor when the capacitor powers the controller .
  • the controller of the capsule may include a timer, in particu ⁇ lar a timer generating pulses of a predefined length and meas ⁇ uring the duration of pulses.
  • the data trans ⁇ ferred between the control electronics of the electronic smok ⁇ ing device and the controller of the capsule can be encoded as a sequence of voltage levels at the signal contact defined as ground level and high level.
  • the data are binary encoded as zero bits and one bits, wherein the control elec ⁇ tronics of the electronic smoking device and the controller of the capsule are adapted to transfer a zero bit as a ground level signal for a preselected period and to transfer a one bit as a ground level signal for a different preselected peri- od, wherein these ground level signals are separated by re ⁇ spective high level signals.
  • the capacitor of the capsule can be charged when the voltage level at the sig ⁇ nal contact is at high level, whereas the capacitor powers the controller when the voltage level at the signal contact is at ground level. Since, generally, there is no need for a rapid data transmission, the breaks between the ground level signals can be relatively long so that there will be sufficient time for charging the capacitor via the high level signals. Other schemes for binary-encoding the data may also be used.
  • the controller of the capsule may comprise a FET (field effect transistor) , which is controlled by the controller and switches the signal contact to the ground contact when the voltage level is to be ground level.
  • FET field effect transistor
  • the data transfer sequences and the information exchange can be controlled by the controller of the capsule in cooperation with the controller of the electronic smoking device, e.g. via firmware programs.
  • the capsule may include a shell having an end side providing an access port, wherein the access port is closed by a pierceable membrane.
  • the membrane may be a metal foil, which may optionally also serve as one of the electrical contacts. It is also possible that at least one of the elec ⁇ trical contacts is arranged at an outer face of the shell.
  • a non-conductive base material of the shell may be coated with a first conductive layer (or area) on the in- side and a second conductive layer (or area) on the outside of the shell, which provides two electrical contacts isolated from each other.
  • the first conductive area of the shell may be contacted, e.g., by a metal part used for piercing the membrane (which, in this embodiment, can be non-conductive) in order to open a hole for passing the liquid.
  • the second con ⁇ ductive area can be connected, e.g., via a support metal part holding the capsule.
  • the controller and the capacitor can be accommodated in an inner space of the capsule, preferably in an inner space sepa ⁇ rate from a reservoir which accommodates the liquid.
  • the battery and/or the atomizer may be components of the elec- tronic smoking device.
  • an atomizer may be inte ⁇ grated in the capsule.
  • a third electrical contact may be provided at the capsule, for powering the heat- er of the atomizer, via the battery and the control electronics in the electronic smoking device.
  • a first electrical contact serves as a ground contact (for connecting one terminal of the heater to ground as well as for data transfer)
  • a second electrical contact as signal line for data transfer (see above)
  • the third electrical contact for con ⁇ necting the other terminal of the heater to power.
  • the second electrical contact via circuitry in the capsule controlled by the controller, it is possible to use the second electrical contact both for data transfer and for powering the heater so that a total of two electrical contacts is sufficient in order for the device to operate .
  • Figure 1 a schematic longitudinal section of an electronic smoking device and a capsule
  • Figure 2 an enlarged schematic longitudinal section of the capsule of Figure 1 and its electrical connections to the electronic smoking device and
  • Figure 3 a schematic block circuitry diagram illustrating the data communication between the controller of the capsule and the control electronics of the electronic smoking device.
  • Figure 1 illustrates an embodiment of a system comprising an electronic smoking device 1 and a capsule in a schematic lon ⁇ gitudinal section.
  • the electronic smoking device 1 may include a cylinder-like housing 2 and a mouthpiece 4, which is designed as a detacha ⁇ ble cap. Removing the mouthpiece 4 provides access to a re ⁇ placeable capsule 6, which serves as a reservoir for a liquid and also contains an electronic controller.
  • the housing 2 holds a battery 10 which may be a re-chargeable battery, such as a lithium ion battery, with the battery 10 optionally including its own circuitry.
  • the battery 10 is connected, via leads 12 and 13, to control electronics 14, which includes integrated circuits mounted on a printed circuit board 15.
  • the printed circuit board 15 may also support light- emitting diodes (LEDs) 16 assembled behind respective windows provided in the housing 2 to indicate the current status of the electronic smoking device 1.
  • LEDs light- emitting diodes
  • a puff detector 18 is connected to the control electronics 14.
  • the puff detector 18 may be an inhalation sensor, which detects the vacuum generated inside the housing 2 when a user inhales at the mouthpiece 4.
  • an atomizer 20 has a heater 22 connected via leads 23 to the control electronics 14.
  • the heater 22 in ⁇ cludes a heating wire mounted at a ceramics shell which also supports a wick device 24 made of braided metal or sponge-like metal material.
  • a piercing tip 25 at the distant end of the wick device 24 is able to penetrate a membrane 26 used for sealing the capsule 6 so that liquid 28 contained in the cap ⁇ sule 6 can be guided out of the capsule 6 and through the wick device 24 to the heater 22.
  • the mouthpiece 4 has an inhalation aperture 30.
  • a charging port 32 may be provided which permits re-charging of the battery 10, e.g. via a USB port.
  • a fresh capsule 6 is inserted into the electronic smoking device 1 so that the membrane 26 is pierced and liquid is supplied from the capsule 6 via the wick device 24 to the the heater 22.
  • the puff detector 18 senses the resulting vacuum in ⁇ side the housing 2 and sends a corresponding signal to the control electronics 14.
  • the heater 22 is powered so that its heating wire atomizes the liquid to create an aer ⁇ osol, which is inhaled by the user.
  • the heater 22 remains switched on for a predetermined period of time.
  • the heater 22 may be provided in various other forms of direct heating and indirect heating of the liquid, each having ad ⁇ vantages.
  • the liquid directly con- tacts the heating element, which may be a wire coil, rod or other heater surface.
  • the heating element which may be a wire coil, rod or other heater surface.
  • the liquid contacts a surface heated by a separate heating element, which does not come into direct contact with the liquid.
  • the atomizer may include a heating wire wound around a fiber bundle, with the fiber bundle in contact with the wick 24, or with the fiber bundle forming the wick device. The fiber bundle may extend into the capsule.
  • atomizers or vaporizers may alternatively be used.
  • Various ultrasonic atomizers are effective in creating vapour without heating.
  • an ultrasonic atomizer using a free-running Colpitts oscillator generates high- frequency energy in the range between 800 kHz and 2000 kHz driving a piezoelectric vibrator converting liquid into va- pour.
  • Atomizers having electrostatic, electromagnetic or pneu ⁇ matic elements have also been proposed.
  • Figure 2 is an enlarged view similar to Figure 1 and illus- trates that the capsule 6 may include an electronic controller 40, which is electrically connected to the control electronics 14 of the electronic smoking device 1 via two electrical con ⁇ tacts when the capsule 6 is mounted to the main body of the electronic smoking device 1.
  • the capsule 6 may have a plastic shell, with the controller 40 inside of the shell separated from the liquid 28 by an intermediate wall 42.
  • One of the electrical contacts is provided by the membrane 26, which can be designed as a metal foil connected to the con- troller 40 via an internal lead 44.
  • the internal lead 44 may be passed through the liquid 28, as shown in Figure 2, or may be guided, e.g., through a duct at the outer face of the cap ⁇ sule 6.
  • Another lead 45 connects the metallic wick device 24 including its piercing tip 25 to the control electronics 14, as shown in Figure 2.
  • the other electrical contact may be provided by a contact spring 46, which abuts to a small metallic contact area 48 at the otherwise non-metallic outer face of the capsule 6.
  • the metallic contact area 48 is connected to the controller 40, as shown in Figure 2.
  • the contact spring 46 is connected to the control electronics 14 of the electronic smoking device 1 via a lead 49.
  • FIG. 3 shows a schematic block circuitry diagram illustrating this data communication.
  • One of the electrical contacts e.g. that one provided via the pierced membrane 26, is indicated by the ground symbol, the other one by reference numeral 48 mentioned above.
  • the compo ⁇ nents inside the dashed box are included in the electronic smoking device 1, the other ones in the capsule 6.
  • the controller 40 of the capsule 6 may have a processor 50 in ⁇ cluding a memory.
  • the processor 50 is powered by the battery 10 in the electronic smoking device 1 or by a capacitor C mounted in the capsule 6, depending on the state of operation, as explained below.
  • the processor 50 controls an electronic switch 52 (e.g., a FET) .
  • the control electronics 14 of the electronic smoking device 1 includes a processor 60, which can actuate an electronic switch 62.
  • switch 62 When switch 62 is closed, the capacitor C is charged. Whenever switch 62 is closed, switch 52 is open.
  • Figure 3 further indicates the lines of data flow.
  • the communication (data transfer) between the main unit represented by the control electronics 14 in the electronic smoking device 1 and the controller 40 in the capsule 6 can be estab ⁇ lished by applying the following general method:
  • Communication is initiated by the main unit, i.e. the elec ⁇ tronic smoking device 1.
  • the processor 60 sends a long pulse ("Data Out") by closing switch 62 so that power is supplied to contact 46/48 and the capacitor C in the capsule 6 is charged.
  • the long pulse is long enough to charge the capacitor sufficiently, e.g. 100 ms .
  • the main unit can send information in a binary encoded form wherein "1" and "0" are represented by electrical levels, e.g. a "0" is represented by no power (i.e. switch 62 open) while a "1” is indicated by supplying power (i.e. switch 62 closed) and wherein, e.g., all the pulses have the same length.
  • the end of communication can be marked with a power-on pulse of a different duration.
  • information may be sent by representing "1" and "0" by different power-on du ⁇ rations, with power-off phases in between for separating these pulses.
  • the power-off phases i.e. switch 62 is open
  • the processor 50 of the controller 40 sends information to the main unit by using the switch 52 ("Data Out") .
  • the switch 52 When the switch 52 is closed, the voltage level at contact 46/48 drops to vir ⁇ tually ground level, which is received by the processor 60 ("Data In”) .
  • switch 62 is open to prevent a short, and the capacitor C powers the processor 50 while the diode D prevents the capacitor C from discharging.
  • the voltage level at "Data In” of the processor 60 rises and the capacitor C is charged again.
  • the battery 10 of the main unit sup- plies limited power such that the capacitor C in the capsule 6 is charged, but the processor 50 is also able to create ground level pulses by using the switch 52.
  • the proces ⁇ sor 50 and the switch 52 can create a sequence of pulses, e.g. ground level pulses of two different durations for represent- ing "1" and "0" which are separated by high level pulses also charging the capacitor C.
  • this design provides communication between the electronic smoking device 1 and the capsule 6 via just two electrical contacts.
  • the electronic switch 52 in the controller 40 of the capsule 6 may be implemented as a field effect transistor (FET) .
  • FET field effect transistor
  • the processor 50 including its memory maintains a persistent puff counter for the purpose of communicating the fill status of the liquid 28 to the control electronics 14 of the electronic smoking device 1 (main unit) .
  • the puff counter can be repre ⁇ sented by an 8-bit number which is automatically incremented each time the main unit initiates a communication. This incre- ment is performed by the processor 60 in the capsule 6.
  • the main unit When the puff detector 18 of the electronic smoking device 1 senses a puff, the main unit initiates a communication. To this end, the processor 60 closes the switch 62 to send a high-level pulse of 100 ms to charge the capacitor C. The pro ⁇ cessor 60 ends that pulse by opening switch 62 and leaves a 20-ps gap with no power before closing switch 62 again and waiting for pulses generated by the capsule 6. The processor 50 first increments the puff counter by one and then communi- cates the actual puff count to the processor 60 by means of an 8-bit number.
  • switch 52 is closed for 1 ps for a "0" to be sent and for 5 ps for a "1" to be sent, leaving it open for 10 ps or longer between each binary digit to provide for sufficient time for re- charging the capacitor C.
  • the 8-bit number is received at the "Data In" port of the processor 60 of the main unit.
  • the processor 60 measures the duration of the ground level pulses to decode the individual binary digits and stores the 8-bit number as the actual puff count of capsule 6.
  • the system will know about the number of puffs already taken from capsule 6. If the actual puff count has reached a predetermined maximum number stored in processor 60, the capsule 6 is empty or al ⁇ most empty, which can be signalled to the user, e.g., via a certain pattern of illumination of the LEDs 16.
  • the actual puff count is the data to be transferred between the electronic smoking device and the cap ⁇ sule.
  • Other data might be exchanged as well, for example an authentication code of the capsule (e.g. transmitted by the capsule as leading data just before the latest puff count is transmitted to the electronic smoking device) .
  • control electronics 14 of the electronic smoking device 1 may be arranged to inhibit the activation of an atomiser 20 if an invalid authentication codes is received.
  • the electronic smoking de ⁇ vice 1 could be prevented from interacting with unauthorised or out of date capsules.
  • a capacitor of a capacitance C in the order of 1 pF fits into the limited space available in the capsule 6.
  • 1 pF is signifi ⁇ cantly more than a usual capacitance of a signal-shaping ca- pacitor.

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Abstract

Selon l'invention, une capsule (6) contient un liquide (28) destiné à alimenter un atomiseur (20) et est installée sur ou dans un dispositif électronique pour fumer (1). La capsule (6) comprend un dispositif de commande (40) comprenant une mémoire qui reçoit des données en provenance de composants électroniques de commande (14) du dispositif électronique pour fumer (1) et les leur transmet. Un condensateur situé dans la capsule (6) est chargé par le dispositif électronique pour fumer (1) et alimente le dispositif de commande (40) pendant des intervalles intermédiaires. Des contacts électriques (26, 48) de la capsule sont connectés à des contacts électriques (24, 46) du dispositif électronique pour fumer (1) afin de charger le condensateur et d'échanger des données.
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